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    Ford Nucleon -- Fission Powered Car Calculation

    We are asked to calculate how many grams of uranium-235 are required to accelerate a 1100 kg car from 0 to 25 km/h, assuming: The nuclear reactor uses the fission of uranium-235: U-235 + n → U-236* → Sr-95 + Xe-139 + 2n The efficiency of the nuclear engine is 30% The energy released per...
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